From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add file-dwim.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:44:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bnbvii1f.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h9lnyf5y.fsf@fastmail.com>
> From: Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:39:53 -0400
>
> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Actually, people shouldn't use shell-command unless they specifically
> > need a shell.
> > If you want an external program, use start-process; if you want it
> > synchronous, use call-process.
>
> Can call-process return the stdout of the process in a string, as
> shell-command-to-string does?
Yes, of course. See its documentation: the output could go into a
buffer, a string, a file, or the null device.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-19 4:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-18 14:54 [PATCH] Add file-dwim Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 19:12 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-18 19:46 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 22:22 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-18 22:39 ` Random832
2015-10-19 4:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2015-10-19 6:00 ` Random832
2015-10-19 6:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 7:49 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-19 8:39 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-19 9:30 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-19 13:32 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
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